Kids love their toys. When they’re infants you have control over the way items are stored. As they get older, it becomes a challenge to deal with favorite things (usually kept far too long). TIP – end of a year is the perfect time to edit down, give away toys and items no longer utilized….
Today, on Thanksgiving, as this painting by Salvador Dali so beautifully reveals, the shock of recognition is eternally real. Gratitude starts with recognition that things are not only real, they can also be surreal. See more at the DALI MUSEUM, and at Virtual DALI to ponder and enjoy inspired feelings of surreal ingenuity. Put yourself…
Obamas Host State Dinner A party in the White House for 320 guests hosted by President Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama took place tonight, amidst great fanfare and worldwide interest. It’s two days before Thanksgiving with much thanks going on in Washington D.C. by those invited to this coveted event of the year. The…
For all children everywhere, according to Franklin, The Thanksgiving Turkey (from Animal Crossing games), Thanksgiving is the worst day for Turkeys. Thanksgiving (United States) is celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November, so people will be having a feast to give thanks. Before anyone else knows it Franklin realizes he’s actually the main course. Should…
Many of our clients have animal trainers and pet-care staff they hire for their beloved animal companions. In our wonderfully reclusive and animal friendly canyon where we live (both wild and tame), we’ve had to rescue lost animals to keep them from harm too often. Some of our neighbors are unconscionably neglectful, repeatedly losing their pets….
Veterans Day is a national holiday celebration designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause of world peace and to be thereafter celebrated and known as ‘Armistice Day’.” Veterans Day 2009 is here Wednesday, November 11th (unless it falls on a Saturday or Sunday, then the holiday is observed the following Monday). I’m…
Around 3:30a.m. on Monday, our building experienced a fire in one of the offices. Sadly, their office was completely destroyed, while others in the building suffered extensive smoke damage. Thankfully, nobody was in the building at the time and the remarkable Beverly Hills Fire Department quickly brought the situation under control. We wish to ACKNOWLEDGE…
It has often been written that the passion of an artist is found deep within the soul, separating those who settle for the mediocre or the good, from those compelled to provide greatness and seek perfection. I personally practice the understanding that any act undertaken can become a yoga, and a work of art. Such…
Only four more days until Halloween, so get your costumes ready if you haven’t already. We love vintage graphics for their “back-to-the-past” time machine glimpse of how it was. Here are some for your pleasure to trigger memory of movies, scary stories, iconic baddies, and then some. With the current craze of Vampire stories and…
HALLOWEEN (also spelled Hallowe’en) is an annual holiday celebrated on October 31. Also known as All Saints’ Day, it is considered a secular (non-religious) celebration, but some people feel the holiday has pagan religious overtones because of its roots. Halloween is also called All Hallows or Hallowmas in celebration of saints associated with Christianity. It’s become a…